Sunday, January 31, 2010

Have a Mice Day!

Good Morning! This is the last day of Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks and I have a really great sentiment stamp set to share with you today. "Cute Quips", containing many cute sentiments will be releasing on February 1st and is so handy with so many other CDS stamps, as you see here. The mice, Marcy and Marvin, as well as the cheese slice, is from Clear Dollar Stamps and when I saw the sentiment, "Have a Mice Day", I just knew the mice and cheese were perfect for it. This card layout concept evolved from my finding the EK Success Swiss Cheese Border Punch on a recent Michael's trip! That sort of set the stage for an orange theme, so when I saw another great Martha Stewart designer paper pad, called "Playful Blues", I thought that it would be a great fit with the orange to create this whimsical flavor. Although, I have to say that after looking at the Swiss Cheese "holes", the dotted Martha Stewart designer background paper, and the paper piercing holes, not to mention the Pebbles polka dotted ribbon...I was thinking I'm about circle and dotted out! LOL And second card using "Cute Quips" is featured below.

The DT member who have sneak peeks of this set are:

Okay, now for the deets:
Stamps: CDS Cute Quips, CDS Marvin Mouse, CDS Marcy Mouse, CDS Cheese
CS/Paper: Martha Stewart Playful Blue Paper Pad, DCWV Fun in the Sun Mat Stack, K&Co. Remake Ocean Blues Mat Pad
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze Inks
Tools: Cuttlebug, Regular Circle Nestabilities, Inverted Circle Nestabilities, Paper Piercing Tool, EK Success Swiss Cheese Border Punch, Tsukineko Sponge Dauber, Karen Foster Click-It Hole Punch Kit, Sewing Machine, Thread, Stampin' Up! Dimensionals, Pebbles Ribbon, Paper Trey Ink Button, KaiserCraft Self-Adhesive Pearls, Copic Sketch Markers: R11 Pale Cherry Pink, RV11 Pink, YR01 Peach Puff, YR16 Apricot, C1 & C3 Cool Greys, 0 Colorless Blende
Techniques: Basic Stamping, Sponging, Paper Piercing, Copic Coloring

12 comments:

Cassie said...

Haha, so darn cute, Linda! I love the cheese punch look on the side, and the colors you chose are just perfect. This card totally makes me smile ;D

Karen Lynn said...

Linda, the circles and the polka dots and the swiss cheese look all go fabulously together! Great card, nice coloring!! You are back in the groove, Baby!

Linda Anderson said...

Girlfriend, this is way too cute!!!! Those little stamps work perfectly with that sentiment!! Love, love, love your colors and the "swiss cheese" border!!! A truly yummy card!!

Linda

Stacy Morgan said...

Now who wouldn't like these mices... Great little cheese look panel down the side. So very cute.

Tricia T said...

I just love your eye for detail, Linda. The orange and turquoise thread, the pinking circles which remind me of swiss cheese holes - even the polka dots. Wonderful card!!

@JoyceCasaldi said...

Linda your sewing is amazing! Great job!

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

So, so cute. Of course I just love those colours.

Chef Mama Lori said...

EEEEP! That is so cute! Those little mice have been on my wish list for a long time & I'd forgotten about them. Now they are a must have! LOVE LOVE LOVE your card!

peggysue said...

Hee hee! I think this card gave you one reason to go shopping . . .new punch, new paper. :) Isn't it fun when all the elements come together? Lookin' good!

Dawn B. said...

This is so sweet. I love the stitching.. You did an awesome job on this sneak Linda..

BethH said...

Love the pun on this one. Just adorable....your coloring is amazing, as usual and I love the colors and it looks like you layered inside too....great card.

Laurie Wilson said...

These mice and sentiment are just too cute! I like the combo of reversed scallops around the panel and the cheese punch on the side. I also really like the colors... that they are fun and pretty, but not too girly.